Best Russian Folklore Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

Source: The Girl in the Tower

“I would walk into the jaws of Hell itself if it were a path of my own choosing.”

Feminism Women S Rights Russian Folklore

Source: Winternight Trilogy

“I want Dmitrii's admiration. I want a victory. I even want power, over princes and chyerti. I am allowed to want things, winter-king.”

Fantasy Russia Russian Folklore Russian Fairy Tales Vasilisa Morozko Vasya

Book:The Winter of the Witch

Source: The Winter of the Witch

“Não sei quanto tempo (...) se muito, se pouco: a narração corre célebre, mas a ação não foi tão rápida.”

Fairytale Retelling Russian Folklore Serguei Aksakov

Author:Serguei Aksakov

“There are no monsters in the world, and no saints. Only infinite shades woven into the same tapestry, light and dark. One man’s monster is another man’s beloved. The wise know that.”

Russia Bear Russian Folklore Vasya The Winter Of The Witch

Book:The Winter of the Witch

Source: The Winter of the Witch

“You cannot take vengeance on a whole people because of the doings of a few wicked men.”

Crime Blame Punishment Discrimination Innocent Vengeance Wicked People Russian Folklore Vasilisa Vasilisa The Brave

Book:The Girl in the Tower

Source: The Girl in the Tower

“The glutton cannot turn his mind to God,” he said dismissively. “But neither can the starving man.”

Mind God Man Starving Russian Folklore Vasilisa Glutton

Book:The Girl in the Tower

Source: The Girl in the Tower

“He spoke!" Ivan said, eyes wide. "The dog talked! Oh my god." "An ancient witch you can believe in, but not a talking dragon that looks like a dog?" Chudo-Yudo said, sounding slightly piqued. "Hmph. Young people today have such limited imaginations.”

Magic Dragons Witches Underworld Russian Folklore Russian Folktale Fractured Folktale

Book:Wickedly Magical

Source: Wickedly Magical

“Oh, Marya Morevna! Do you know how the church-folk call me, me and my daughter Gamayun, when they paint us on their ceilings? They call us archangels, and say that we live in heaven, where no vine of sorrow or memory grows. That is where I sent you, not to heaven—tscha! I know nothing of that place. But to a place like the ceiling of a church.”

Russian Folklore

Book:Deathless

Source: Deathless

“Something tells me this isn't going to end well for everyone involved. Someone may get turned into a frog yet." And that was the good news.”

Magic Dragons Witches Underworld Talisman Russian Folklore Fractured Folk Tale

Book:Wickedly Magical

Source: Wickedly Magical

“Not very smart," Chudo-Yudo growled. "Stalking a Baba Yaga." He showed a set of sharp white teeth. "Maybe he has a death wish. I could help with that You want me to eat him?”

Dragons Witches Motorcycle Underworld Talisman Russian Folklore Fractured Folk Tale Russian Folktale

Book:Wickedly Magical

Source: Wickedly Magical

“Hmm," she said. "'Curiouser and curiouser,' to quote Alice.”

Magic Paranormal Dragons Witches Underworld Russian Folklore Fractured Folk Tale

Book:Wickedly Magical

Source: Wickedly Magical

“You're the Baba Yaga?" He gazed at her in disbelief. "But the Baba Yaga is an ugly old crone, and you're, you're... not!”

Magic Paranormal Dragons Witches Motorcycle Underworld Russian Folklore Fractured Folk Tale

Book:Wickedly Magical

Source: Wickedly Magical

“She was tasked with guarding the doorway to the Otherworld, keeping the balance of nature (as much as anyone could in these modern times), and occasionally, helping a worthy seeker.”

Fantasy Magic Paranormal Dragons Witches Underworld Talisman Russian Folklore Fractured Folk Tale

Book:Wickedly Magical

Source: Wickedly Magical

“He strolled over to the refrigerator, opened the door with one paw, and delicately picked up a beer between his teeth. He waited until clothes had stopped arcing through the air and hand it to Barbara.”

Magic Dragons Witches Russian Folklore Fractured Folk Tale

Book:Wickedly Magical

Source: Wickedly Magical

“But Vasya never saw them when she was looking for them. The moved between one breath and the next, between one blink and another."- The Girl in the Tower”

Fantasy Fiction Russian Folklore The Girl In The Tower

Author:Katherine Arden